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Elementary topoi

Category Theory 2020-11-30 v1 Logic

Abstract

As the prototypical category, Set\mathbf{Set} has many properties which make it special amongst categories. From the point of view of mathematical logic, one such property is that Set\mathbf{Set} has enough structure to "properly" formalise logic. However, we could ask what it might mean to formalise logic in another category C\mathbf{C}. The notion of an (elementary) topos distills the essential features of Set\mathbf{Set} which allow us to do this. This expository report defines topoi, and describes the development of first-order logic and set theory within a topos.

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@article{arxiv.2011.13070,
  title  = {Elementary topoi},
  author = {Jordan Mitchell Barrett},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.13070},
  year   = {2020}
}

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